saltwater6900
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hi i am wondering if it would be better to use the distlied water out of my de-humidifier insted if just tap water
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KnoxvilleIa
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Just my 2 censt worth, tap water in a reef tank is very, very bad...............
technially dehumidifyer water is pretty pure, but it collects every vapor, dust partical floating around in your home. better than tap water yes.
I would only use RO water.
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Just my 2 censt worth, tap water in a reef tank is very, very bad...............
technially dehumidifyer water is pretty pure, but it collects every vapor, dust partical floating around in your home. better than tap water yes.
I would only use RO water.
bgreenlee
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Re: water use
Just as a test, when I get home from Las Vegas next Friday I am going to run test on my dehumidifier water to see TDS, metal content (for those that I can test for), and any other test I can run on it.
I would advise against using it as the water is condensing on a coil while air is blowing through it. Even though there is a filter element in front of it you are still going to be pulling alot of dust on through. I really think you would be better off to either buy your water from yoru LFS, buy a RO/DI unit (which is cheaper in the long run), or find your water for your tank through other means.
Just as a test, when I get home from Las Vegas next Friday I am going to run test on my dehumidifier water to see TDS, metal content (for those that I can test for), and any other test I can run on it.
Coralfreak
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I agree, not the best idea, most condensing coils are copper, so while it would be a small amount, their is a chance of long term copper build up in your water, not to mention the other things that can get in there.
Stick with either distilled or RO/DI water.
Stick with either distilled or RO/DI water.
tibbs2
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11017381#post11017381 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Atticus
I just thought of this great idea to tell if you should put a certain water in your tank...
Would you drink it? If that question makes you cringe more than thinking about drinking your local tap water why would you add that water to your tank?
Very good point!
saltwater6900
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well i have drinkin the water out of the de humdifier out of lazyness of walking up stairs to get water and im still here lol
Coralfreak
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:eek2:
Well, I thought Travis had a good idea to tell, maybe not:lol:
I, ah, still wouldn't use it in your reef tank, JMO.
bgreenlee
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I certainly wouldnt put anyting i drink into my tank, except maybe the vodka
From past experience, I just wouldn't use anyting but RO/DI water. When I first got into this hobby my information source was not very knowledgeable, but since he owned the pet store I assumed he was. Trying to fight with the algae is bad enough, trying to guess what is actually in your water supply in terms of agricultural run off, heavy metals, chemicals like choloramine, etc it is just too risky.
saltwater6900
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what is it that makes the water so bad i gues i just dont understand i use it nd so do my friends and when i do water changes just use tap water i dont have any problens and all my stuff is liveing fish sps corals lps ect i dont seem to have any problems but what could go wrong thank
